Improved portable soda-fountain



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ARMIN D. SCHNACKENBERG; 0F BRO0KLYN,NE W 4YORK. Lettera Patent No.63,756, dated April 9,1867.

IMPROVED PORTABLE SODA-FOUNTAIN.

TLL WHOM IT MAY eoNcEnN: y y y l Be it known that I, AnMiN D.Sonnenterrasse, of' Brooklyn, Kings county, NewYork, have invented a.

new and/improved Par-lor Soda-Fountain g and I do hereby ,declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and `exact description thereof, whichwill enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same.reference being had to" the accompanying drawings, forming n. liiart ofthis specification.

`The object of this invention is tri/construct a soda-fountain,especially of that class which can be used in families, in'such a mannerthat tlic/ valve con be easily opened or closed, and that the simplestmechanism for operating the said valve be used. v v

In the annexed drawing. which represents a, vertical sectional view ofmy improved fountain, my invention is fully illustrated. i

A represents the reservoir, made of cast iron, or other suitablematerial, and lined on the inside in the usual'mrmef. {t2-may be'madc inthe shape vof an umn-as shown, onlin'any otite; suitable "form, .andmllssts of. an upper and lower portion, asshown. To the top of thefountain is screwed the eduction pipe a, into the lower end of which thetube b is screwed that reaches almost Ito the bottom of the fountain. Ascrew-plug, B,

.passes through the pipo a, and at its lower end is mad-c con-ical ortapering, as shown, so that when screwed down the conical end willcompletely close the endof the tube Ii, which is prepared so as to (itthe' conical e'nd of the plug, as shown. The pipe a is larger indiameter than the pin B, so that when vthe latter is raised from the endof the tube b the soda or mineral water contained in the reservoir willpass up thrugh the space between la and B and out` through the dischargepipe d, which is attached at right angles to the pipe a, as shown. The Yupper end of the pipe a is closed by a cap, e, and packiug,f, isarranged between the two, as shown, to prevent `the liquid from escapingaround the pin B. The latter is operated by a crank or handewheehg, ontop, as shown.

It will be seen thatbut a small turn of the plug B will suice to makethe water escape through the discharge d in a stream of sufficientthickness. The valve is not closed by leather'washers, which a're easilyused up and of which small pieces are carried oi and soil the water. Thedifferent tubes may be made of tin, or coated therewith to prevent themlfrom oxidizing. The high-pressure tube b mayl also, if desired, be made'of hard rubber.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patenti Closing the endof the high-pressure tube b directly with a conical plug, B, without theuse of a leather or other washer or packing for the valve, all made andoperating substantially as andfor the purpose herein shown anddescribed.

A. D. SCHNAGKENBERG.

Witnesses:

WM. F. McNAMAnA, A. `Y.. Baisses.

